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UK offshore tax havens at heart of US investigation into World Cup corruptionhttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/30/british-offshore-tax-havens-investigation-world-cup-fifa
<p>British Virgin Islands, Caymans and Turks &amp; Caicos feature heavily in justice department indictment of senior football officials</p><p>British overseas tax havens play a key role in what US authorities have called “rampant, systemic and deep-rooted” corruption in the world of football, analysis by the <em>Observer</em> reveals.</p><p>The 164-page US Department of Justice indictment, outlining the case against the 14 football officials and marketing executives who were arrested last week, shows that three of Britain’s overseas territories – the British Virgin Islands (BVI), the Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos, all tax havens – allegedly played a part in masking kickbacks between officials and executives.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/30/british-offshore-tax-havens-investigation-world-cup-fifa">Continue reading...</a>FifaCayman IslandsTurks and Caicos IslandsBritish Virgin IslandsFootball politicsBanking reformBankingFinancial sectorBusinessUS newsWorld newsFootballSat, 30 May 2015 20:11:18 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/30/british-offshore-tax-havens-investigation-world-cup-fifaPhotograph: Walter Bibikow/JAI/CorbisGeorge Town in Grand Cayman on the Cayman Islands. Photograph: Walter Bibikow/JAI/CorbisPhotograph: Walter Bibikow/JAI/CorbisGeorge Town in Grand Cayman on the Cayman Islands. Photograph: Walter Bibikow/JAI/CorbisJamie Doward and Rob Stevens2015-05-30T20:11:18ZHaiti shipwreck: 40 migrants could be dead, US coast guard sayshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/10/haiti-shipwreck-migrants-40-dead
<ul><li>21 bodies have been recovered so far, Haitian government reported</li><li>About 50 passengers were headed to Turks and Caicos Islands</li></ul><p>As many as 40 Haitian migrants were feared dead after their ship bound for the Turks and Caicos Islands capsized in the Caribbean off Haiti’s north coast, the US coast guard said on Friday.<br></p><p> At least <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/09/haiti-boat-accident-21-dead-17-missing">21 dead bodies have been recovered</a> since the ship went down early on Thursday morning, according to the Haitian government.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/10/haiti-shipwreck-migrants-40-dead">Continue reading...</a>HaitiTurks and Caicos IslandsWorld newsUS newsAmericasUS militaryFri, 10 Apr 2015 19:02:19 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/10/haiti-shipwreck-migrants-40-deadPhotograph: Angelo CavalliPhotograph: Angelo CavalliReuters2015-04-10T19:02:19ZHaiti: suspected boat accident leaves 21 dead, 17 missing en route to islandshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/09/haiti-boat-accident-21-dead-17-missing
<ul><li>50 people heading to Turks and Calicos islands when boat supposedly capsized</li><li>Captain tried to return to Haiti after hitting something, survivors said</li></ul><p>At least 21 people have died and 17 others are missing in a suspected boat capsizing off Haiti’s northern coast, authorities said Thursday.</p><p>The group was among 50 believed to be aboard a boat that was headed north to the nearby Turks and Caicos islands, said Jean Henri Petit, an official with Haiti’s civil protection department. He said survivors told police the boat encountered bad weather and tried to return to Haiti when it hit something.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/09/haiti-boat-accident-21-dead-17-missing">Continue reading...</a>HaitiTurks and Caicos IslandsWorld newsAmericasThu, 09 Apr 2015 21:57:31 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/09/haiti-boat-accident-21-dead-17-missingPhotograph: Jorge from Brazil/flickrPhotograph: Jorge from Brazil/flickrAssociated Press in Port-au-Prince, Haiti2015-04-09T21:57:31ZLabour leader Ed Miliband can be bold on offshore tax havens | Lettershttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/10/labour-leader-ed-miliband-can-be-bold-on-tax-havens
<p>Ed Miliband (<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/feb/06/ed-miliband-tax-avoidance-business-labour" title="">‘I will not back down’ – Miliband</a>, 7 February) does not have to be so tentative about tax havens in UK crown dependencies and British overseas territories (BOTs). In BOTs such as Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, executive authority is vested in the monarch and exercised on her behalf by the governor, who is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the British government. Defence and foreign affairs are carried out by the UK, which also has responsibility to ensure good government. UK governments have never hesitated to step in when necessary, and if any BOTs defy international order or the reasonable requirements of European governments, such intervention would clearly be justified.</p><p>The Channel Islands are crown dependencies, and the UK parliament has power to legislate for them. Again, British governments have stepped in where required for matters such as child protection – and tax avoidance by UK citizens must justify intervention if the&nbsp;local administration refuses transparency in its affairs.<br><strong>Michael Ellman</strong><br><em>London</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/10/labour-leader-ed-miliband-can-be-bold-on-tax-havens">Continue reading...</a>Tax avoidanceTax and spendingHSBCTaxMoneyCorporate governanceBusinessBankingHMRCPoliticsWorld newsUK newsChannel IslandsBermudaCayman IslandsTurks and Caicos IslandsLabourEd MilibandTue, 10 Feb 2015 19:46:29 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/10/labour-leader-ed-miliband-can-be-bold-on-tax-havensPhotograph: Martin Argles/GuardianSt Helier marina in Jersey. The British government has the power to legislate for the Channel Islands and other crown dependencies. Photograph: Martin Argles for the GuardianPhotograph: Martin Argles/GuardianSt Helier marina in Jersey. The British government has the power to legislate for the Channel Islands and other crown dependencies. Photograph: Martin Argles for the GuardianGuardian Staff2015-02-10T19:46:29ZNew light shed on US government's extraordinary rendition programmehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/22/us-extraordinary-rendition-programme
Online project uncovers details of way in which CIA carried out kidnaps and secret detentions following September 11 attacks<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2013/may/22/rendition-flights-cia-mapped" title="">• The Rendition Project interactive</a> <br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2013/may/22/rendition-flights-graphic-explained" title="">• CIA rendition flights explained</a><p>A groundbreaking research project has mapped the US government's global kidnap and secret detention programme, shedding unprecedented light on one of the most controversial secret operations of recent years.</p><p>The interactive online project – by two British universities and a legal charity – has uncovered new details of the way in which the so-called extraordinary rendition programme operated for years in the wake of the September 11 attacks, and the techniques used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to avoid detection in the face of growing public concern.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/22/us-extraordinary-rendition-programme">Continue reading...</a>RenditionWorld newsUS foreign policyUS newsTortureLawSeptember 11 2001CIAHuman rightsTurks and Caicos IslandsGuantánamo BayChagos IslandsWed, 22 May 2013 11:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/22/us-extraordinary-rendition-programmePhotograph: Mark Wilson/GettyGuantánamo Bay, Cuba. Abu Faraj al-Libi, one of the detainees there, was allegedly seized in Pakistan in 2005, flown to Afghanistan, switched to another aircraft and taken to the US base via Romania. Photograph: Mark Wilson/GettyPhotograph: Mark Wilson/GettyGuantánamo Bay, Cuba. Abu Faraj al-Libi, one of the detainees there, was allegedly seized in Pakistan in 2005, flown to Afghanistan, switched to another aircraft and taken to the US base via Romania. Photograph: Mark Wilson/GettyIan Cobain and James Ball2013-05-22T11:01:00ZDavid Cameron writes to Britain's tax havens, calling for transparencyhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/may/20/cameron-offshore-tax-havens-transparency
PM urges havens to 'get our own houses in order' before G8 summit in June, where he claims tax avoidance will be a priority<p>David Cameron has written to the leaders of Britain's offshore tax havens stressing the need to "get our own houses in order" as he pushes for international action to tackle avoidance schemes.</p><p>In a message to 10 crown dependencies and British overseas territories Cameron said he backed their right to be low tax jurisdictions but insisted that rules needed to be set and enforced fairly.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/may/20/cameron-offshore-tax-havens-transparency">Continue reading...</a>David CameronTax avoidanceCorporate governanceBusinessBermudaAmericasWorld newsPoliticsG8British Virgin IslandsGoogleEric SchmidtCayman IslandsEd MilibandGibraltarEuropeUK newsTurks and Caicos IslandsJerseyChannel IslandsIsle of ManMon, 20 May 2013 05:00:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/may/20/cameron-offshore-tax-havens-transparencyPhotograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesDavid Cameron is calling for more transparency about tax information and the ownership of companies. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesDavid Cameron is calling for more transparency about tax information and the ownership of companies. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesPress Association2013-05-20T05:00:04ZGeorge Osborne claims progress in tax haven planhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/may/02/tax-haven-strategy-george-osborne
All British overseas territories with large financial operations have signed up to transparency strategy, says chancellor<p>George Osborne claims to have won a significant victory in his campaign to open up secretive British tax havens by revealing that all British overseas territories with significant financial centres have signed up to the government's strategy on global tax transparency.</p><p>In a statement, the Treasury said that Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands have agreed to much greater levels of transparency of bank accounts held in those jurisdictions, following on from a similar agreement signed by the Cayman Islands.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/may/02/tax-haven-strategy-george-osborne">Continue reading...</a>Tax and spendingTax avoidanceBermudaBritish Virgin IslandsTurks and Caicos IslandsGeorge OsborneGoogleCorporate governanceTechnologyBusinessPoliticsUK newsWorld newsWed, 01 May 2013 23:01:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/may/02/tax-haven-strategy-george-osbornePhotograph: Massimo Borchi/ Atlantide Phototravel/CorbisThe British Virgin Islands is among the territories to have signed up to George Osborne's strategy on global tax transparency. Photograph: Massimo Borchi/ Atlantide Phototravel/CorbisPhotograph: Massimo Borchi/ Atlantide Phototravel/CorbisThe British Virgin Islands is among the territories to have signed up to George Osborne's strategy on global tax transparency. Photograph: Massimo Borchi/ Atlantide Phototravel/CorbisPatrick Wintour, Juliette Garside and Ben Quinn2013-05-01T23:01:01ZLord Ashcroft faces questions over relationship with construction firmhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/jun/02/lord-ashcroft-relationship-construction-firm
Documents from failed bid to buy Turks and Caicos airport raise more issues for millionaire Conservative peer<p>Documents seen by the <em>Observer </em>raise further questions over Lord Ashcroft's relationship with a collapsed construction firm that built a mansion for a discredited Caribbean politician.</p><p>Emails, faxes and memos written by Allan Forrest, chief executive of the firm, Johnston International, and addressed to the Tory peer, suggest the two businessmen were involved with Project Windsock, an unsuccessful attempt to buy the Turks and Caicos Islands' airport through a company called Airport Holdings that, under the terms of the deal, would pay no tax on its future earnings.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/jun/02/lord-ashcroft-relationship-construction-firm">Continue reading...</a>Lord AshcroftTurks and Caicos IslandsConservativesPoliticsWorld newsSat, 02 Jun 2012 18:47:29 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/jun/02/lord-ashcroft-relationship-construction-firmPhotograph: Hemis/AlamyProvidenciales island in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Photograph: Hemis/AlamyPhotograph: Hemis/AlamyProvidenciales island in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Photograph: Hemis/AlamyJamie Doward2012-06-02T18:47:29ZLord Ashcroft faces new queries over link to collapsed Caribbean firmhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/mar/31/lord-ashcroft-link-caribbean-firm
Leaked faxes suggest Tory donor 'was briefed' on bid to win controversial state contracts in Turks and Caicos<p>Tory donor Lord Ashcroft is facing fresh questions about his involvement with a collapsed construction company linked to an alleged political corruption scandal.</p><p>Ashcroft, the former deputy chairman of the Conservative party, has denied having any interest in Johnston International, which built a $6m mansion for the former premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Michael Misick, who is now the subject of an international arrest warrant after fleeing the Caribbean archipelago, having been accused of corruption.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/mar/31/lord-ashcroft-link-caribbean-firm">Continue reading...</a>Lord AshcroftTurks and Caicos IslandsConservativesWorld newsParty fundingPoliticsSat, 31 Mar 2012 18:29:35 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/mar/31/lord-ashcroft-link-caribbean-firmPhotograph: Martin Argles/GuardianLord Ashcroft has denied having any interest in the firm that built a $6m mansion for the Turks and Caicos's former leader. Photograph: Martin Argles for the GuardianPhotograph: Martin Argles/GuardianLord Ashcroft has denied having any interest in the firm that built a $6m mansion for the Turks and Caicos's former leader. Photograph: Martin Argles for the GuardianJamie Doward2012-03-31T18:29:35ZThe mystery of Lord Ashcroft and the paradise island business empirehttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/feb/05/lord-ashcroft-collapsed-caribbean-firm
Fresh revelations have raised a series of questions about the links between the former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft and a company responsible for luxury projects across a string of islands<p>The company no longer exists and little is known about it in the Westminster village. Yet who controlled Johnston International, which won building contracts across the Caribbean worth tens of millions of pounds, has triggered awkward questions for the Tories, and above all for their major donor, Lord Ashcroft.</p><p>The Tory peer, who has given the party more than £10m, is spending a small fortune on lawyers and spin doctors to deal with inquiries about his relationship with Johnston, whose interests before it collapsed with debts of $30m stretched across Belize, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/feb/05/lord-ashcroft-collapsed-caribbean-firm">Continue reading...</a>Lord AshcroftTurks and Caicos IslandsConservativesPoliticsWorld newsSun, 05 Feb 2012 00:06:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/feb/05/lord-ashcroft-collapsed-caribbean-firmPhotograph: Steve Back / Rex FeaturesLord Ashcroft insists he has had no interest in Johnston International since he sold it in 1999. Photograph: Steve Back / Rex FeaturesPhotograph: Steve Back / Rex FeaturesLord Ashcroft insists he has had no interest in Johnston International since he sold it in 1999. Photograph: Steve Back / Rex FeaturesJamie Doward2012-02-05T00:06:00ZLord Ashcroft's Caribbean bank asked to hand over documentshttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/feb/04/lord-ashcroft-caribbean-bank-documents
Court gives insolvency practitioner tracing assets of collapsed company power to demand information from Tory peer's bank<p>The Caribbean bank of Tory peer Lord Ashcroft faces demands to hand over documents relating to the collapse of a company whose subsidiary is accused of benefiting from a culture of corruption.</p><p>An insolvency practitioner appointed by the British Virgin Islands courts to trace the assets of Oxford Ventures Limited has been granted powers to request information from the British Caribbean Bank (BCB), an Ashcroft business based in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI).</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/feb/04/lord-ashcroft-caribbean-bank-documents">Continue reading...</a>Lord AshcroftTurks and Caicos IslandsUK newsPoliticsWorld newsBankingBusinessConservativesHouse of LordsSat, 04 Feb 2012 20:30:57 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/feb/04/lord-ashcroft-caribbean-bank-documentsPhotograph: Rex FeaturesLord Ashcroft insists he has no interests in Johnston International, which went bust in 2010. Photograph: Rex FeaturesPhotograph: Rex FeaturesLord Ashcroft insists he has no interests in Johnston International, which went bust in 2010. Photograph: Rex FeaturesJamie Doward2012-02-04T20:30:57ZLord Ashcroft accused of misleading public over links to construction firmhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/jan/31/lord-ashcroft-accused-misleading-public
Peer gave impression he had no role in firm when it allegedly built mansion for Turks and Caicos PM, Panorama claims<p>The Tory peer Michael Ashcroft has been accused of deliberately misleading the public and the stock exchange over his business interests.</p><p>The allegations by the BBC's Panorama programme are centred on a construction company that allegedly built and funded a luxury mansion for a former prime minister now under investigation for corruption.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/jan/31/lord-ashcroft-accused-misleading-public">Continue reading...</a>Lord AshcroftConservativesPoliticsTurks and Caicos IslandsWorld newsUK newsTue, 31 Jan 2012 11:30:48 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/jan/31/lord-ashcroft-accused-misleading-publicPhotograph: John Giles/PALord Ashcroft has often faced criticism over his business affairs. Photograph: John Giles/PAPhotograph: John Giles/PALord Ashcroft has often faced criticism over his business affairs. Photograph: John Giles/PARob Evans2012-01-31T11:30:48ZThe government must maintain the UK's leadership on aid | Harriet Harmanhttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/mar/01/government-must-maintain-leadership-on-aid
The decision to freeze aid will mean £2.2bn less for schools, malaria and vaccines that save lives<p>The UK government publishes the results of its reviews into the UK's aid programme today. As things change around the world of course it is right to review our aid priorities and how that money is spent. But what must not change is the government's commitment to spend 0.7% of our gross national income (GNI) on aid by 2013. That was promised in both <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/13/conservative-manifesto-at-a-glance" title="">the Conservative</a> and <a href="http://blogs.odi.org.uk/blogs/main/archive/2010/04/20/53298.aspx" title="">Liberal Democrat manifestos</a> and in the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/coalition-government-conservatives" title="">coalition agreement</a>. The <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2010/nov/26/harriet-harman-speech" title="">secretary of state</a> for international development, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/mar/01/minister-denies-security-concerns-aid-priorities?INTCMP=SRCH" title="">Andrew Mitchell</a>, must confirm that the <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/briefingpapers/commons/lib/research/briefings/snep-03714.pdf" title="">0.7%/2013 commitment</a> will not be the government's next broken promise. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/feb/03/harriet-harman-international-aid-uk-un-target" title="">He must resist</a> those who urge the government to abandon this pledge and must campaign vigorously to show that aid matters, it saves lives and it works. The girls and boys sitting at school desks in Bangladesh, the women who no longer have to walk for miles to fetch water in Nigeria and the millions of children who no longer die from preventable diseases are the proof of that.</p><p>The government has already decided to freeze aid as a percentage of GNI for the next two years. That freeze will mean £2.2bn less for people in the poorest countries of the world. That money could have been used to build schools, for malaria nets and life-saving vaccinations for millions of children. After 13 years in which the Labour government tripled the aid budget, reversing the cuts of the previous Tory government, and led the world in giving greater priority to tackling global poverty, that decision to freeze aid risks undermining the UK's leadership.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/mar/01/government-must-maintain-leadership-on-aid">Continue reading...</a>Global developmentAidMalariaTurks and Caicos IslandsForeign policyWorld newsPoliticsPope Benedict XVIThe papacyTue, 01 Mar 2011 11:46:42 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/mar/01/government-must-maintain-leadership-on-aidPhotograph: David LeveneHarriet Harman wants the government to keep its commitment to spend 0.7% of the UK's gross national income on aid by 2013. Photograph: David LevenePhotograph: David LeveneHarriet Harman wants the government to keep its commitment to spend 0.7% of the UK's gross national income on aid by 2013. Photograph: David LeveneHarriet Harman2011-03-01T11:46:42ZUS embassy cables: Former Turks and Caicos PM wanted Bahamas annexationhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/223593
<p>Thursday, 03 September 2009, 15:18<br>C O N F I D E N T I A L NASSAU 000527 <br>SENSITIVE <br>SIPDIS <br><strong>EO 12958 </strong>DECL: 09/03/2019 <br><strong>TAGS </strong>ECON, POL, PGOV, BF <br><strong>SUBJECT: BAHAMAS ASKED TO ANNEX TURKS AND CAICOS </strong><br>REF: A. NASSAU 520 B. NASSAU 169 C. NASSAU 191<br>Classified By: Charge d'Affaires a.i. Zuniga-Brown for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).</p><p>1. (U) Former Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Premier Michael Misick announced his belief that the people of TCI are interested in becoming an autonomous state of The Bahamas. <em>Misick remarked that a federation would be advantageous to The Bahamas because TCI services could be provided to the southern Bahamian islands, thereby taking the strain off Nassau</em>. Misick resigned in March in the wake of a corruption investigation of the government which resulted in the suspension of the TCI Constitution.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/223593">Continue reading...</a>Turks and Caicos IslandsThe US embassy cablesBahamasWorld newsUS foreign policyForeign policyPoliticsAmericasTue, 21 Dec 2010 13:34:26 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/223593Guardian Staff2010-12-21T13:34:26ZUS embassy cables: UK direct rule coming to Turks and Caicoshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/209980
<p>Wednesday, 03 June 2009, 15:09<br>UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NASSAU 000349 <br>NOFORN <br>SENSITIVE <br>SIPDIS <br>STATE FOR WHA/CAR JROSHOLT, UK DESK ZSYED, LONDON FOR CPALMER <br><strong>EO 12958 </strong>N/A <br><strong>TAGS </strong>PGOV, PREL, SMIG, PHUM, ECON, ETRD, EFIN, BF, TK, UK <br><strong>SUBJECT: UK DIRECT RULE COMING SOON TO TURKS AND CAICOS </strong></p><p>1. (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: The UK is set to introduce direct rule in the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) to address evidence of official corruption and financial mismanagement as the protests of the embattled ex-Premier and his successor fall on deaf ears. Domestic opposition to the move is weak, but may increase as the government's financial woes become clear and the economy worsens. The insular nature of the small islands' population will also impact UK efforts to reform governance and accountability. END SUMMARY.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/209980">Continue reading...</a>Turks and Caicos IslandsThe US embassy cablesWorld newsUS foreign policyForeign policyPoliticsTue, 21 Dec 2010 13:31:19 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/209980Guardian Staff2010-12-21T13:31:19ZCaribbean governor questioned proposed deal with firm allegedly linked to Ashcrofthttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/oct/17/caribbean-governor-questioned-alleged-ashcroft
FOI request gleans Foreign Office cables as ex-Turks and Caicos premier falls under scrutiny<p>The British governor of a Caribbean island questioned the propriety of a proposed deal between a company allegedly backed by the Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft and a prime minister now under investigation over alleged corruption, according to Foreign Office documents.</p><p>Richard Tauwhare, the then governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands, claimed that the island's prime minister Michael Misick was planning to award a commercial project to redevelop the island's airport to a "Lord Ashcroft company".</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/oct/17/caribbean-governor-questioned-alleged-ashcroft">Continue reading...</a>Lord AshcroftFreedom of informationPoliticsWorld newsUK newsTurks and Caicos IslandsSun, 17 Oct 2010 20:49:11 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/oct/17/caribbean-governor-questioned-alleged-ashcroftPhotograph: Rex FeaturesThere is no suggestion Lord Ashcroft is being investigated over corruption claims or he has been approached by the detectives. Photograph: Rex FeaturesPhotograph: Rex FeaturesThere is no suggestion Lord Ashcroft is being investigated over corruption claims or he has been approached by the detectives. Photograph: Rex FeaturesRob Evans and Rajeev Syal2010-10-17T20:49:11ZAshcroft in new storm over alleged loans to disgraced island premierhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/mar/05/ashcroft-hague-turks-caicos-funding
• Peer sues over story linking him to Turks and Caicos scandal<br />• Court papers highlight 'alarming' influence on Hague<p>Fresh allegations against Lord Ashcroft, this time over his links with a corruption scandal in the Caribbean, are made in high court documents obtained by the Guardian today.</p><p>In a hotly disputed libel suit, the Conservative party deputy chairman is accused of providing loans of more than $5m to the disgraced former premier of the Turks and Caicos, Michael Misick, through the local bank Ashcroft controls. According to his opponents, he "ought to have been aware that Mr Misick was corrupt".</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/mar/05/ashcroft-hague-turks-caicos-funding">Continue reading...</a>Lord AshcroftWilliam HagueConservativesParty fundingPoliticsUK newsWorld newsTurks and Caicos IslandsFri, 05 Mar 2010 19:21:03 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/mar/05/ashcroft-hague-turks-caicos-fundingPhotograph: Les WilsonWilliam Hague and Lord Ashcroft have an 'alarming' close relationship, according to libel suit papers. Photograph: Les Wilson Photograph: Les WilsonPhotograph: Les WilsonWilliam Hague and Lord Ashcroft have an 'alarming' close relationship, according to libel suit papers. Photograph: Les Wilson Photograph: Les WilsonRob Evans and David Leigh2010-03-05T19:21:03ZIslanders split as Whitehall takes over Turks and Caicoshttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/aug/16/whitehall-takes-over-turks-caicos
<p>Bitter divisions among politicians and ordinary residents living in the Turks &amp; Caicos Islands have emerged following the UK government's decision to suspend its parliament amid allegations of widespread corruption.</p><p>The TCI have had their own government since 1976, and have been largely independent of Britain since the 1960s, making Westminster's decision to assert power over the islands all the more controversial.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/aug/16/whitehall-takes-over-turks-caicos">Continue reading...</a>PoliticsLocal politicsUK newsForeign policyWorld newsTurks and Caicos IslandsSat, 15 Aug 2009 23:05:38 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/aug/16/whitehall-takes-over-turks-caicosPhotograph: Rick Diamond/WireImageFormer premier of Turks & Caicos, Michael Misick. Photograph: Rick Diamond/WireImagePhotograph: Rick Diamond/WireImageFormer premier of Turks & Caicos, Michael Misick. Photograph: Rick Diamond/WireImageJamie Doward, home affairs editor2009-08-15T23:05:38ZUK seizes control of Turks and Caicos over sleaze allegationshttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/aug/14/turks-caicos-islands-corruption-allegations
<p>The UK has resumed day-to-day control of the Turks and Caicos islands amid ongoing allegations of widespread corruption in the British overseas territory, the Foreign Office said tonight.</p><p>Local government in the islands, which lie 500 miles south-east of Florida in the Atlantic, will be suspended for up to two years while their affairs are put back in "good order", according to the FCO.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/aug/14/turks-caicos-islands-corruption-allegations">Continue reading...</a>Foreign policyWorld newsPoliticsUK newsTurks and Caicos IslandsFri, 14 Aug 2009 18:24:47 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/aug/14/turks-caicos-islands-corruption-allegationsSam Jones2009-08-14T18:24:47ZScores feared dead as boat carrying Haitian migrants capsizeshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jul/28/boat-carrying-haitian-migrants-capsizes
Survivor says vessel hit reef near Turks and Caicos Islands as it attempted to avoid police boat<p>Up to 85 people are missing after an overloaded sailboat carrying about 200 Haitian migrants sank off Turks and Caicos Islands, the US coastguard said today.</p><p>The boat struck a reef as it tried to elude police yesterday afternoon, a survivor said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jul/28/boat-carrying-haitian-migrants-capsizes">Continue reading...</a>HaitiWorld newsTurks and Caicos IslandsAmericasTue, 28 Jul 2009 14:31:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jul/28/boat-carrying-haitian-migrants-capsizesAssociated Press2009-07-28T14:31:00Z